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Al Nassr sign Sadio Mane
Sadio Mane has finalized his transfer from Bayern Munich to Al Nassr of the Saudi Pro League, where he will make £650,000 per week.
Mane has a contract in place through 2027, so if he sees it through, he will be eligible for a total payout of over £136 million.
Saaaadiiiioooooooo MANÉ! 🦁🗣️#ManéIsYellow 🤩💛 pic.twitter.com/NelGDo7MKh
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) August 1, 2023
The 31-year-old winger recently inked a three-year deal with Bayern Munich just last summer, following his departure from Liverpool for a transfer fee of £35 million.
However, his time at Bayern took a downturn after an incident where he struck his teammate Leroy Sane following a Champions League defeat to Manchester City in April.
Despite Bayern’s remarkable achievement of winning their 11th consecutive Bundesliga championship, Mane found himself on the bench and facing fines. Over the course of 38 games, he managed to net 12 goals.
While he did join Bayern on their pre-season tour of Asia, he was conspicuously absent from the squad for Saturday’s friendly against Kawasaki Frontale in Tokyo. Bayern Munich issued a statement, stating, “Sadio Mane is in contract talks ahead of a possible transfer and so is not in today’s squad.”
Sadio Mane bid farewell to Anfield after making an impressive 269 appearances and scoring 120 goals in various competitions, following his arrival from Southampton in 2016. Bayern Munich initially paid £27.5 million for the Senegalese forward, with an additional £7.5 million in add-ons.
During his six-year tenure at Anfield, Mane secured an array of accolades, including the Premier League, the Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the FA Cup, and the Carabao Cup.